Inside Asian Gaming

COVER STORY Contents January 2017 14 Phil Stormonth: New horizons IAG catches up with IGT’s System Sales Manager for Asia, Phil Stormonth, to discuss his journey into Macau’s gaming industry. INSIGHTS 20 Name of the game Inside Asian Gaming CEO Andrew W Scott discusses the recent decision to rebrand IAG ’s parent company to O Media and the current media landscape in and around Macau. iGAMING IN DEPTH 26 Cloud with a silver lining Amazon’s decision to open up its cloud-based Amazon Web Services to gambling operations has provided online gaming sites with a unique opportunity. KEEN OBSERVATIONS 30 Change is now IAG welcomes its newest columnist, Dr Brian To, who will provide his regular insights into the ever evolving world around us. IN FOCUS 34 Gambling on gaming With a massive global audience and betting activity expected to quadruple by 2020, could eSports, or competitive video gaming, be the way of the future for the gaming industry? FEATURES 38 Macau students “Mastering Cotai” Galaxy Macau last month hosted the inaugural “Mastering Cotai” event which saw Masters students from the University of Macau present their research to over 100 gaming industry executives. BRIEFS 42 Regional Briefs 44 International Briefs 46 Events Calendar INDUSTRY PROFILE Cover Image: Rui Rasquinho Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pushed through his long awaited casino legalization bill, step one toward construction of potentially the world’s most expensive integrated resorts. Japan rolls the dice 8